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ArchiMed expands its occupational health footprint

French private equity firm ArchiMed’s portfolio company FIM Medical, a designer and manufacturer of medical screening devices for preventive and occupational health, has acquired Vistec, a German specialist in vision-screening devices for occupational health, from venture capital firm 22 Ventures. Europe’s occupational healthcare market is drawing increasing private equity interest, driven by rising demand for preventive care, an ageing workforce, labour shortages and stricter workplace regulations. 

EQT exits ImCheck Therapeutics following Ipsen’s €1 billion acquisition deal

EQT Life Sciences, the healthcare investment arm of Swedish private equity firm EQT, has exited Marseille-based biotech ImCheck Therapeutics. ImCheck, which develops immuno-oncology therapies targeting butyrophilins, a novel family of immune-regulating proteins, has agreed to be acquired by Paris-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Ipsen in a deal worth up to €1 billion. The deal underscores growing interest in European immunotherapy innovation, driven by patent cliff pressures, favourable valuation dynamics compared to US assets, and Europe’s maturing research ecosystem, which now produces around 40% of global scientific citations.

Fresenius accelerates Vamed sell-off

Healthcare conglomerate Fresenius Group has decided to split the sale of the Austrian branch of subsidiary Vamed into two steps, in order to simplify and accelerate the process. 

emeis to reduce net debt by €700m through real estate vehicle

Europe’s largest nursing home group emeis plans to raise hundreds of millions of euros to help pay down its huge pile of debt by partially divesting 68 properties it still owns. Rather than simply doing full sale-and-leasebacks of these properties, the group is creating a special real estate investment vehicle to hold the assets, which it will retain a stake in.

Interview: Ranjan Singh, CEO and Co-founder, HealthHero

HealthHero is the largest telehealth provider in Europe. In the few years since being founded in 2019, it has managed to consistently grow its revenue at over 30% per annum and achieve a dominant position in four key European markets — the UK, France, Germany and Ireland, in a period when many other players trying to scale in this space have gone bust.

Top 5 elderly care (residential) providers in Europe by 2024 revenue

This week’s infographic covers the top five elderly care (residential) providers in Europe, ranked by their 2024 revenue. The data has been sourced from the HBI Intelligence database. Europe’s top four elderly care groups are all French players. Pan-European listed French group emeis leads the rankings with €5,636 million in revenue for 2024, followed closely […]

Revenue distribution of top 100 hospital groups in EMEA by country

This week’s infographic aggregates the 2024 total revenues of the top 100 hospital groups across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, segmented by country, exposing distinct concentrations of market size and investment intensity.  The data has been sourced from the HBI Intelligence database. Germany commands a dominant position with €22.6 billion in hospital revenues, over […]

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